Deserialization of Untrusted Data in jackson-databind - CVE-2020-36179
Published: January 7, 2021 / Updated: January 11, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49368
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36179
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: FasterXML
Affected software:
jackson-databind
jackson-databind
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data related to oadd.org.apache.commons.dbcp.cpdsadapter.DriverAdapterCPDS. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-36179
Install updates from vendor's website.